Hundreds of mourners, including city and state leaders, gathered with friends and family of Fernando Arroyos, to bury the 27-year-old officer who was murdered in South Los Angeles.
“We’ve lost an angel in the City of Angels,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “We’ve lost somebody whose chapter is now written here and what chapter it was.”
“A young officer who held such promise for this city,” said LAPD Chief Michel Moore. “[He was] violently and senselessly taken from us in a murderous act of violence over a few silver chains.” Present among the sea of blue were many officers from Olympic Station, where Arroyos was assigned. They shared their favorite memories of the late officer.
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